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Geoff Shepard was the youngest lawyer on President Nixon’s White House staff and is the author of The Nixon Conspiracy: Watergate and the Plot to Remove the President. He gave his account of…

Fifty years after Richard Nixon’s victorious 1968 presidential election, senior campaign aides gathered at the National Archives and recounted behind-the-scenes stories. The National Archive…

Nixon-era officials revisited the administration’s drug abuse initiatives in the early 1970s. They discussed treatment approaches, law enforcement strategies, and President Nixon’s famous me…

Former members of President Nixon’s National Security Council talked about his foreign policy. Topics include “Vietnamization,” the Paris Peace Accords, and foreign relations with China.

Former National Security Adviser Bud McFarlane and Former Ambassador to Israel Sam Lewis are among the panelists at an event examining Richard Nixon’s Middle East policy. They look at the ro…

A group of former speechwriters for President Richard Nixon discussed their experience. Among the topics they addressed were the craft of speech writing, major events and speeches during the…

Former Reagan, Nixon, and Ford administration secretaries and other cabinet officials on labor and domestic initiatives talked about the Nixon administration’s relationship with labor unions…

Panelists discussed what President Richard Nixon did during his presidency to shift power from the federal government to state and local governments. Video clips were shown of the August 8, …

Panelists, who were Nixon-era legal experts from the White House, Justice Department, and Congress, spoke on President Nixon’s work with Congress to enact sweeping bipartisan anti-crime legi…

The Richard Nixon Foundation hosted a discussion on President Nixon’s foreign policy. Topics included how President Nixon regarded America’s role in the world, his pursuit of détente at the…

Prior to his career in the United States Senate, Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1927-2003) worked in four presidential administrations. He served in the Nixon administration from 1969-71 as an adv…

A discussion was held of President Nixon’s comprehensive plan to eradicate poverty by providing income assistance and helping millions find work. The Family Assistance Plan that President Ni…

Five men were arrested for breaking into the offices of the Democratic National Committee on June 17, 1972. Geoff Shepard, who was an adviser to President Nixon, talked about five different …

Four members of President Nixon’s Domestic Council talked about his domestic policies and the continuing influence of those policies in the present. Geoff Shepard moderated. He talked about …